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1. abduce, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. = abduct2a. Now chiefly U.S....
2. abduction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of leading or drawing something away; an instance of this. Obs....
3. abolla, n. View full entry 1700
...In the ancient Roman world: a kind of thick cloak, worn by peasants, soldiers, and others (and, as an affectation, by philosophers)....
4. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
5. abstractum, n. View full entry 1728
...An abstract entity or property; esp. an abstract term; = abstract1....
6. absurd, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a thing: against or without reason or propriety; incongruous, unreasonable, illogical....
7. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
8. academian, n. View full entry a1533
...Philos. = academic1. Obs....
9. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
10. academical, adj. and n. View full entry 1549
...Philos. Also with capital initial. = academic1. Now rare....
11. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
12. acatalepsy, n. View full entry 1640
...Unknowability, incomprehensibility, originally as a characteristic of all things, according to the ancient Sceptics. Hence also: scepticism, profession of ignorance....
13. acataleptic, n. and adj. View full entry 1679
...An adherent of the doctrine of acatalepsy; a sceptic....
14. accidence, n.1 View full entry a1393
...Chance, unforeseen or unexpected eventuality; (contextually) mishap, fortuitous circumstance. Also: an occurrence of this type. Freq. in prepositional phrases, as by accidence. Cf. accident5a....
15. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
16. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1387-8
...Not essential to the existence of a thing; not necessarily present, incidental, secondary, subsidiary....
17. acosmism, n. View full entry 1833
...The doctrine that the universe does not exist, or that there is no universe distinct from God....
18. acosmist, n. View full entry 1845
...A person who believes in or advocates acosmism....
19. acquaintance, n. View full entry c1230
...Originally: the state of being closely acquainted with a person; friendship, companionship. In later use: the state of knowing someone slightly, without the depth or intimacy of a friendship. Also: a relationship...
20. acroama, n. View full entry 1579
...Originally Ancient Greek Philos. Oral teaching heard only by initiated disciples; esoteric doctrines....
